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ROSE CARE FOR NOVEMBER AND DECEMBER
by Dorothy Arnold, Consulting Rosarian
by Dorothy Arnold, Consulting Rosarian
November is a good time to look at your roses and decide which plants are worth keeping. If your rose bush isn’t producing enough blooms or just looks bad, it’s time to shovel prune that plant out of your garden. The new 2009 roses will be at the nurseries soon, so now is a good time to prepare the soil. For good growth, soil should be rich in organic material. Compost is the best way to go to improve your soil. Adding chicken manure and peat moss is also good. Adding a cup of gypsum (calcium sulfate) around the plant to remove salt build-up in the soil, is good to do now so the rain can do the work for you.
Remember to keep raking up leaves and other debris from under your roses to keep diseases and bugs from thriving in the soil. Any diseased or bug-infested leaves should be discarded; do not compost as this may spread the disease. Also cut some of the longer branches down to avoid damage during those windy days.
A YEAR OF ROSE CARE:
January
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